• Detail of medallion scenes within the lower border of the folio., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Text page with initials, marginal notes and ink drawing of a pitcher., De fide orthodoxa

1424) and in a list of books taken by a monk to Oxford in c.1438 (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 246 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatissimo), with animals and grotesques, at the beginning of the Life of St. Gregory., Life of St Gregory

12th century (f. 1).Added marginal drawing of two human figures kissing (?), 12th century (f. 123). Added annotations in 14th-century English hand.The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: included in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 36

• Text page at the beginning of Abbo of St-Germain's ~Bella Parisiacae urbis~, book 3, with red initial and highlights., Alcuin, De orthographia (ff.1-24v); Bede, De orthographia (ff. 24v-71); Bella Parisiacae urbis, book 3 (Ad clericos) (ff. 71v-84); unidentified smaller text with glossary material (ff. 84-86v); De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 4 (De arte dialectica) (f. 87-149); Glossaries to Greek and Latin grammar texts, including lists of grammatical and metrical terms and glosses to Juvenal (ff. 150-167v).

corrections and erasures between ff. 150-159. Folio 93v is blank. Marked change in parchment quality in quires xx-xxii. Two Latin-Old English glosses on f. 166. Bishop proposes that the scribe of Harley 3826 reappears in Lincoln, Cathedral Library MS. 182.

• Anthropomorphic initial 'S'(ancti), formed of two monks, at the beginning of the prologue to the De fide catholica of Isidore., De fide catholica

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7922, 7923).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Anthropomorphic initial Isidore Canterbury England, S. E. (Canterbury?)

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(udei) with an animal head., De fide catholica

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7922, 7923).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Isidore Canterbury England, S. E. (Canterbury?)

• Illuminated headpiece decorated with geometric patterns, and initial 'A'(ndres) at the beginning of Gregory Nazianzus' De pauperum amore (Oratio 14)., In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect

Illuminated headpiece decorated with geometric patterns, and initial 'A'(ndres) at the beginning of Gregory Nazianzus' De pauperum amore (Oratio 14). f. 20r-v formerly used as a pastedown.Old pagination on ff. 1-18v of 481-516.ff. 1-18 were formerly gatherings 31-33 of

• Detail of headpiece., In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect

Detail of headpiece. f. 20r-v formerly used as a pastedown.Old pagination on ff. 1-18v of 481-516.ff. 1-18 were formerly gatherings 31-33 of a larger volume. Headpiece decorated with geometric patterns in colours and gold. Large gold and blue initial

• Detail of an allegorical miniature of a bush of the Tudor rose incorporating a Latin poem celebrating the House of Tudor, with a scroll reading 'Salve, radix varios producens germine ramos, / Quos inter ramus supereminet altior unus', with daisies for Henry VIII's sister Margaret of Scotland, and marigolds for his another sister, Mary of France, and a pomegranate bush for his wife, Katherine of Aragon, enclosed within a walled garden with tours surmounted by banners of the royal arms of England, George, and Castile, and a gateway with a lion, flanked by a red dragon and a white greyhound, and inscribed with words 'salve felix Anglia'., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Tudor Rose Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Miniatures of swords in various positions., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: inscribed, 'the king's book, anno dom. 1680' (f. 25v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Swords Filippo Alberici ? Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Full-page miniature of various emblems, including a sword, a crown, a wheel, and a serpent., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: inscribed, 'the king's book, anno dom. 1680' (f. 25v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Emblems Filippo Alberici ? Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Miniature of a hellscape., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: inscribed, 'the king's book, anno dom. 1680' (f. 25v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Hellscape Filippo Alberici ? Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Miniature of symbols on a red tablet, hung by a bow., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: inscribed, 'the king's book, anno dom. 1680' (f. 25v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Symbols Filippo Alberici ? Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Miniatures of symbols at the bottom of a page of text, including a fire, an urn pouring water, a hand holding a sword and a plant, etc., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: inscribed, 'the king's book, anno dom. 1680' (f. 25v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Symbols Filippo Alberici ? Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Full-page miniature of a monument-like structure with a purple background, with a series of symbols., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: inscribed, 'the king's book, anno dom. 1680' (f. 25v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Symbols Filippo Alberici ? Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) with a human face., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'H'(anc)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(orro)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(rete)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(omino)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)